Dmitry Peskov
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
On Wednesday, July 26, at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists, the Kremlin spokesman once again returned to the issue raised by the political observer KP.RU the previous day.
-… Of course,” said Dmitry Peskov, “we are happy to welcome you here (at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, to be held on July 27-28. – A.G.) to the Heads of State and Government who have arrived.
We welcome all the other representatives who came from the vast majority of African States.
We look forward to an eventful summit and a productive summit in the days ahead.
In addition, answering the question: why did the heads of state come a little less this time than at the first summit in Sochi in 2019, the press secretary said:
– As for the reduction in the number of heads of state who came, in fact, this has happened recently.
This is largely due to the work plans of the heads of state.
But there is, of course, a fraction of what we talked about the day before.
This is absolutely blatant and blatant interference by the United States of America, France and other states through their diplomatic missions in African countries.
And – tries to pressure the leaders of these countries to prevent their active participation in the forum.
This is really a fact, it is absolutely outrageous. But this will in no way impede the success of the summit.
